BOL 1049: The Pirate Bay will never die.... and neither will SCO
Monarchy, mercantilism, and Talmudic tech are on the table today. We get a little obscure in our references...at least I do...but Leo and Brian keep us on track talking about the new Sony Reader, and how the Pirate Bay is unkillable. In bad news, SCO is back, and this time it's personal.
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EPISODE 1049
Sony unveils three would-be Kindle killers--Pocket, Touch and now, 3G Wireless with AT&T
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-sony-unveils-new-reader-digital-books-pocket-touch-and-now-3g-wireless/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23187
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/sony-announces-daily-edition-reader/
Microsoft OneApp makes dumb phones smart by offloading apps to network
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/microsoft_oneapp_annoucement/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8219741.stm
Jobs is all about the tablet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10316970-37.html
UK considers law to cancel ISP accounts of any illegal file sharer
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10317001-93.html
Swedish court rules TPB admins too broke to pay damages
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/swedish-court-rules-tpb-admins-too-broke-to-pay-damages.ars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10316895-93.html
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/1224214/Pirate-Bay-Archive-Goes-Online?from=rss
Appeals court overturns 2007 Unix copyright decision
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/0021246/Appeals-Court-Overturns-2007-Unix-Copyright-Decision
Wikipedia to add editing safeguard for the living
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10316714-93.html
Why the
Google Android Phone Isn’t Taking Off
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/2041248/Why-the-Google-Android-Phone-Isnt-Taking-Off
Is China squashing much of the “solar jobs” dream in the U.S.?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/energy-environment/25solar.html?_r=1
Another Little Ice Age? Solar activity and climate change
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/another-little-ice-age-solar-activity-and-climate-change.ars
Vote for Buzz Out Loud at SXSW 2010
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10311505-10.html
SXSW: Teens and New Media: A Change is Coming
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3254
Umberto Eco’s piece on
Mac and DOS, Catholic and Protestant
http://www.simongrant.org/web/eco.html
VOICE MAIL
Anonymous about AT&T spying on your phone.
E-MAIL
Buzz Crew,
I’m one of those very few users that have a smart phone (AT&T Tilt) without a data plan. I want the phone for other purposes that do not require the plan. I bought it used and I am not under contract. Is it your understanding that they will force ME to add a data plan, even though I’m not under contract?
By the way, within a few minutes of moving your SIM card to another phone, the AT&T website will change to show that your phone is the one into which you have installed the SIM card. My family has been “swapping” phones around a little bit lately and I was amazed at how fast they detected the change.
Love the show.
Bryan Taylor
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Tom Merritt appears on
CNET TV, specializing in help and how-to and the ever popular Top 5
lists. He also co-hosts CNET's The Real Deal podcast. 
Jason Howell can
often be found producing Buzz Out Loud from the audio studios at CNET,
updating XML feeds from the comfort of his cubicle, and saying "uh-oh"
from time to time. 
UK considers law to cancel ISP accounts of any illegal file sharer
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10317001-93.html
I love you Leo, but you are wrong. As above, "consensus" in science is a fundamental oxymoron. Science is based upon provable facts, and the jury is still out on global warming. The facts are that the Earth has had warm and cool cycles for millions of years, proven from geological evidence. These warming and cooling cycles are going to continue. For humans to think that they have any control over planatary warming and cooling cycles is arrogance. Human made planatary warming is not a proven fact and not "scientific consensus".
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by willie.subscriptions
August 28, 2009 12:34 PM PDT
- I agree with most of what BOL hosts say, but sometimes some things remind me that you operate in the tech bubble. I don?t work in the tech world (being a student, I don?t work at all), and I suppose I?m half in and half out of the bubble.
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by willie.subscriptions
August 28, 2009 12:36 PM PDT
- Dangit, apparently something in this equation doesn't like unicode. Most of those ?s are smart quotation marks, and the L??? ??? s??? was supposed to be Love the show in small caps.
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(10 Comments)Dumb phones aren?t going away any time soon. I have no desire to pay anything upwards of $10 per month for a phone, and an iPod Touch will be fine for me, as was a Palm before that. I would definitely get one if price were no option, but about all the adults I know wouldn?t. This is the generation that, when trying to find the answer to the age-old question, ?What does that button do?? is the one who looks for the manual and then, when they can?t find it, asks the nearest teenager or tech person. These people, who can?t figure out the buttons on their coffee maker, are in no rush to get a smartphone.
I also disagree with Microsoft for aiming OneApp at developing countries, for this reason and because of everyone who can?t afford either to pay for a smartphone or to buy their way out of their contracts. I would love to have this on my RAZR (it would be the only good thing about that damnable phone), if only it wasn?t supported. If it used dial-up technology on the phone line that would be even better, because due to the intricacies of our Verizion family plan, I (meaning my parents) have more minutes than I ever use in a month. To be fair, I usually use around five, so that?s not saying much. What I don?t have is a data plan.
Also, teens DO use Twitter. I cringe every time you say they don?t. That?s one of the reasons I don?t use many phone minutes. I?d guess it has about as much penetration in the teens I know than the adults I know.
Since I?ve already gone on so long: But for price, the borrowing books feature would have switched me from longing for a Kindle to longing for an eReader. Hooray for the Pirate Bay. I?m tired of tablet rumors, I don?t think one will be announced until 2010, so can we please get the iPod Touch 3G I?ve been saving up for? Also, terrible timing about Sen. Kennedy, and what the heck is SCO? Pretty much all you said was ?They?re suing Intel again,? then how much you hate them. Can we get some background for those who weren?t listeners back in 2007?
Thanks for everything you do, including Leo. I feel no hesitation in saying BOL is my favorite podcast, and you make cleaning up after dinner feel so much faster (although others have said you make it go so much slower).
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